Felix Auger-Aliassime laid naked his optimism for Canadian tennis after he and Victoria Mboko led Canada to a 3-0 win over China in Group B’s first spherical of Spherical Robin matches on the 2026 United Cup. Auger-Aliassime’s glowing evaluation additionally included his and Mboko’s compatriots and WTA stars Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu.
On Sunday, January 4, the World No. 5 in males’s singles tennis registered a 6-4, 6-4 win over China’s Zhang Zhizhen. The end result got here on the again of Mboko’s 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory towards Zhu Lin. Later, the Canadian ATP and WTA duo mixed to nice impact in combined doubles, as they dispatched You Xiaodi and Te Rigele 6-1, 6-3.
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Following the spectacular opening win for Canada on the 2026 United Cup, Felix Auger-Aliassime seemed ahead to partnering Victoria Mboko on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“Yeah, I believed it was nice that we might share the courtroom. I used to be even considering through the doubles in regards to the subsequent Olympics forward, considering like this might be good. If we’re each nonetheless enjoying good tennis and wholesome, there’s numerous issues that may occur,” Auger-Aliassime mentioned.
The eight-time profession singles titlist went on to briefly replicate on Mboko’s breakthrough season in 2025, throughout which the 19-year-old received her maiden WTA Tour-level title on the Canadian Open, broke into the highest 20 and was named WTA’s Newcomer of the Yr. He additionally touched on Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu, two different high-profile Canadian WTA stars.
“I used to be actually completely satisfied to see her breakthrough final 12 months. It is all the time good to have a robust female and male participant on tour. You’re feeling such as you push one another to be good. There’s not solely Vicki. Leylah remains to be there. Bianca is coming again A variety of good gamers on each women and men,” he added.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Victoria Mboko to face Belgian contingent subsequent at United Cup 2026
Belgium awaits Canada subsequent on the 2026 United Cup, with the 2 international locations set to conflict within the Spherical Robin section on Tuesday, January 6 at Sydney’s Ken Rosewall Enviornment.
As issues stand primarily based on the schedule, Felix Auger-Aliassime will tackle Zizou Bergs within the tie’s first match, with Victoria Mboko and Elise Mertens’ encounter to observe. The respective pairings for the combined doubles match are but to be confirmed.
A win over the Belgians would virtually actually end result within the Canadians reaching the quarterfinals of the United Cup for the very first time.
Edited by Sudipto Pati
